Ephesians 4:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;

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  • Jer 3:15 : 15 And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.
  • 1 Cor 12:28-29 : 28 And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues. 29 Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders?
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
  • Eph 3:5 : 5 Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
  • Eph 4:8 : 8 For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.
  • Rom 10:14-15 : 14 But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher? 15 And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.
  • 2 Chr 15:3 : 3 Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;
  • Acts 21:8 : 8 And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.
  • Acts 13:1 : 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
  • Rom 12:7 : 7 Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
  • Heb 5:12 : 12 And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
  • Rev 21:14 : 14 And the wall of the town had twelve bases, and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
  • 1 Pet 5:1-3 : 1 I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you: 2 Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind; 3 Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
  • Jude 1:17 : 17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.

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    27 Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

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    7 But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

    8 For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.

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    4 For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

    5 So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

    6 And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;

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    11 Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;

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    4 Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.

    5 And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord.

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    8 For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:

    9 To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;

    10 And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

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    11 Let these be your orders and your teaching.

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    20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,

    21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

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    3 But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.

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    13 For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

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    25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

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    4 And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.

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    35 And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.

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    14 Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.

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    12 So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

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    15 And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.

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    5 I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;

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    5 But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.

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    15 For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

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    10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.